12:32 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” John

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens made another move at quarterback, and it had nothing to do with Colin Kaepernick. The Ravens signed journeyman Josh Woodrum on Monday and waived David Olson, the Arena League quarterback who was added three days earlier. Woodrum will serve as the No. 3 quarterback behind Ryan Mallett and

This year, the end of summer came sooner than usual for most of college football. As one might expect, not everyone is happy about that. If they haven’t already begun training, most programs will be taking the field for training camp Monday, before the calendar flips to August. The early start comes as an unintended

As a boy in Zimbabwe, Gus Chikamba had very little. He made do. “I remember we could not afford a soccer ball, so we used to make soccer balls out of plastic, out of trash,” he said. “I think I first saw a basketball at the age of 14 when I went to boarding school.”

MOSCOW — Longtime Montreal Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov signed with Russian club Ak Bars Kazan on Monday. The team said the 38-year-old Markov signed a two-year contract to play in the Kontinental Hockey League, a week after Montreal said it would not keep the defenseman for a 17th NHL season. No salary details were given.

Verstappen said of the collision: “It is never my intention to hit anyone but especially not your team-mate” Daniel Ricciardo says he is prepared to move on from the crash in which Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen took him out of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The drivers collided at just the second corner of Sunday’s

After all the beatings Super Rugby has taken this season, it is indeed a welcome outcome that the competition has again got the finale it deserves. The Lions will host the Crusaders in a battle of several exciting contrasts and storylines after equally varied, but similarly impressive, victories in their semifinals on Saturday. The No.1

OCEANPORT, N.J. — Trainer Jorge Navarro was relieved after Sharp Azteca won the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup on Sunday by 7 1/2 lengths. Navarro thought Sharp Azteca could handle the two turns of the 1 1/16-mile Monmouth Cup, but he was glad to see him do it so impressively. Navarro also was glad to have

OCEANPORT, N.J. — In the paddock before the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes, jockey Paco Lopez told trainer Kelly Breen it looked like there was a lot of speed in the race and suggested he take Money’soncharlotte back. Breen put his faith in the five-time Monmouth riding champ and agreed. When the gates opened, Money’soncharlotte

OCEANPORT, New Jersey — He didn’t even win a stakes race, but Money Multiplier quietly ranked among the best 1 1/2-mile grass horses in North America during 2016. And if his 2017 debut Sunday in the Grade 2, $200,000 Monmouth Stakes was any indication, perhaps there are even better things to come this year. “He

OCEANPORT, N.J. — The Jim Dandy on Saturday opened the door for newcomers to join the upper echelon of the 3-year-old division, and on Sunday Girvin stepped through it with a dramatic late run to win the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational by a nose over McCraken. It was another half-length back to Practical Joke, who

LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul and James Harden have been training together since the Houston Rockets acquired Paul from the LA Clippers in a trade last month. Sunday they made their public debut as teammates in front of a standing-room-only crowd at Los Angeles’ famed Drew League. Harden finished with game-highs of 27 points and

DEL MAR, Calif. — Both trainer John Sadler and co-owner Kosta Hronis say watching Stellar Wind is difficult because the expectations are so high. Fortunately for Sadler and Hronis, Stellar Wind keeps meeting and even exceeding them. Stellar Wind continued her outstanding 2017 form on Sunday at Del Mar by out-dueling Vale Dori in a

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Dou Zecheng had a career-changing 36-hole run Sunday in the rain-delayed Digital Ally Open to become the first Chinese player to earn a PGA Tour card and win a Web.com Tour event. The 20-year-old Dou was 15 under in the final two rounds in the rain-delayed tournament at Nicklaus Golf Club

Last season, the Chicago Cubs were in need of bullpen help, so they traded for closer Aroldis Chapman at the deadline and went on to win the World Series. This season, they’ve acquired another lefty who can rack up strikeouts in Justin Wilson and a capable catcher in Alex Avila. Wilson is striking out 12.3